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Data type

In computer science and computer programming, a data type (or simply type) is a collection or grouping of data values, usually specified by a set of possible values, a set of allowed operations on these values, and/or a representation of these values as machine types. A data type specification in a program constrains the possible values that an…

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Data type

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Avg. degree1.98
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related to Further reading · 30
Data type → Abstract, Abstraction, ACM Computing Surveys, Addison-Wesley, An Introduction, Archived, Cardelli, Cite, CiteSeerX, Cleaveland, Craig, Data, Data Abstraction, Data Types, David, December, ISBN, ISSN, John, Luca
related to Concept · 9
Data type → Almost, An, Different, For, However, In Rust, It, Java, Python
related to Function types · 9
Data type → Booldenoting, Boolean, Functional, In, Java, JavaScript, JavaScript's, Most, Some
related to Classification · 8
Data type → All, Basic, Data, For, Generated, Java's, Primitive, User-defined
related to Enumerations · 8
Data type → CLUB, DIAMOND, For, HEART, If, Some, SPADE, The
related to Numeric types · 8
Data type → Almost, Although, C/C, Floating, For, If, Pascal/Ada, They
related to Abstract data types · 6
Data type → Abstract, An, Any, For, Instead, Last-In-First-Out
related to Machine data types · 6
Data type → All, Booleans, Hence, In, Machine, The
related to Algebraic data types · 5
Data type → ADT, An, If, The, Values
related to Pointers and references · 5
Data type → In, It, Pointers, The, To

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Data typeis adata type that does not specify the concrete representation of the data0.90text
additioninstance ofintrepresents an arbitrary-precision integer which has the traditional numeric operations0.80text
subtractioninstance ofintrepresents an arbitrary-precision integer which has the traditional numeric operations0.80text
and multiplicationinstance ofintrepresents an arbitrary-precision integer which has the traditional numeric operations0.80text
substructural type systemsinstance ofAlthough useful for advanced type systems0.80text
such definitions provide no intuitive meaning of the typesinstance ofAlthough useful for advanced type systems0.80text
ALGOLinstance ofValue space and behaviourA type is a set of values which a variable can possess and a set of functions that one can apply to these values.The definition in terms of a representa…0.80text
Pascalinstance ofValue space and behaviourA type is a set of values which a variable can possess and a set of functions that one can apply to these values.The definition in terms of a representa…0.80text
while the definition in terms of a value spaceinstance ofValue space and behaviourA type is a set of values which a variable can possess and a set of functions that one can apply to these values.The definition in terms of a representa…0.80text
behaviour was used in higher-level languages such as Simulainstance ofValue space and behaviourA type is a set of values which a variable can possess and a set of functions that one can apply to these values.The definition in terms of a representa…0.80text
CLUinstance ofValue space and behaviourA type is a set of values which a variable can possess and a set of functions that one can apply to these values.The definition in terms of a representa…0.80text
Booleansinstance ofsupplies types0.80text

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